Briana Seferian
Briana Seferian is a fashion designer with global manufacturing experience across multiple categories, seeking to reimagine and reengineer today’s legacy systems into ones that are circular, healthy, and inclusive. Currently Briana is the Senior Manager, Circularity and Sustainable Product at Macy’s, Inc. where she oversees the Circular Economy strategy for Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and bluemercury. She also manages
sustainable product qualifications, market brand engagement for Scope 3 data collection and reporting, and teaches the Workshop@Macy’s Sustainable Business class.
Briana was a designer of women’s apparel for 17 years at Liz Claiborne and JCPenney, where she was also Circularity Lead and led the Jeans ReDesign project for Fall 2022. She earned her BFA from the University of Connecticut and her MBA in Sustainability from Yale University’s School of Management. At Yale SOM she was a Panel of Peers coordinator & producer of biweekly panels and participated in the Climate Solutions Generator at the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale & the Center for Business and the Economy at Yale (Tsai CITY and CBEY).
Education
- BFA Summa cum Laude with Honors, University of Connecticut
- MBA in Sustainability, Yale School of Management
Conference Presentations
- Columbia University Climate Symposium
- IKEA One Home One Planet resale roundtable
- Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY) Career Pathways series
Certificates and Memberships
- FSA Credential, Sustainable Accounting Standards Board
- Circular Economy Masterclass, University of Exeter
- Member, Textile Waste Committee of the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board
Selected Podcasts and Features:
- Coming Back Better Podcast, Anti-Racism: What Comes Next? March 2023
- The Pivot Podcast, Exploring Inclusive Cultures with Dr. Sofia B. Pertuz and Therese O’Higgins, December 2022
- Real Talk with Gen Z Podcast, How Race Affects our Mental Health, July 2022
- Mary Christie Institute Quadcast, Episode 34: Inclusive Excellence with DEI Expert, Dr. Sofia B. Pertuz, March 2022
- Yes Collective Podcast, How to Talk to Your Kids About Race and Ethnicity, July 2021
- Student Affairs Now Podcast, Proud & Thriving: Supporting the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Students, December 2021
- Inside Higher Education, LGBTQ+ Students Face Sizable Mental Health Disparities, October 26, 2021
- Inside Higher Education, Supporting Mental Well=Being for Students of Color, June 17, 2021
- Forward 40 (4tea) Podcast, Started from “the Bottom” Now We’re…Still Rising, July 2019
- Moderated webinar: “Managing Stress During Distance Learning: How Faculty Can Support Their Students.”
- Moderated webinar: “Parenting During the Pandemic: Challenges, Strategies, and Tips Empowering Families of Teens.”
- NASPA SA Speaks Presentation: Nevertheless, She Persisted, March 2018
Highlighted Presentations, Panels, and Keynotes:
- The Future of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Racial Equity in Corporate America, Northwestern University, 2023.
- The Renaissance Leader: A New Era of You, NJ American Council of Education Women of Color Symposium, 2022
- Supporting the WHOLE Student, Delgado Community College Faculty Convocation, 2022
- Actionable Strategies to Support the WHOLE Transfer Student, NY Transfer & Articulation Association, 2022
- Profile of Today’s College Student with an Equity Lens, Mary Christie Institute, President’s Convening, 2022
- Supporting the Wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ College Students, Los Angeles Chancellor’s Council, 2022
- Latinx/Hispanic History, Language, and Labels, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, 2021
- Allyship in Action, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, 2021
- Cultural Humility in Communications, Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, 2021
- Moving from Intentions to Actions in Governance: Developing Organizational Readiness for the EDI Action Toolkit Implementation, American Public Health Association (APHA), 2020
- A Matter of Perspective: Understanding and Recovering from Bias-Motivated Interactions, DIAL Global, 2020
- Conversations about Race: The Latinx Experience, Bloomberg, LLP, 2020
- Confronting Colorism and Anti-Blackness in Latinx Communities, ACPA Latinx Network Symposium, 2020
- Humor and Grace: Essential Tools for Community and Self-Care, Rutgers University Keynote, 2020
- Social Justice, Equity & Diversity: Culturally Responsive Support for Students (delivered in Spanish), NASPA Latin America and Caribbean Annual Conference in Monterrey, Mexico, 2019
- Leadership Development in a Global Context (delivered in Spanish), NASPA Latin America Conference, Santiago, Chile, 2018.
- Implicit Bias, Continuing Learning Education presented to Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, 2017
- Critical Incident Management: Partnering with Families. NASPA Conference, 2017.
